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# alloy

«alloy» in Mova's school dictionary: **a metal made by mixing two or more metals, or a metal…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (an alloy, alloys); verb (alloy, alloys, alloyed, alloying)

### meaning for a pupil

1) An alloy is a metal made by mixing two or more metals, or a metal with another element, to make it stronger or better. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alloy/#m1)

2) Alloy wheels are car wheels made of a light metal alloy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alloy/#m2)

3) To alloy means to mix metals together to make an alloy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alloy/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons on materials and mixtures: steel (iron + carbon), brass (copper + zinc), bronze (copper + tin); history (the Bronze Age); in everyday life, coins, bikes and wheels are made of alloys.

### examples

- Steel is an alloy of iron and carbon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alloy/#x1)
- Bronze is an alloy of copper and tin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alloy/#x2)
- Coins are usually made of alloys. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alloy/#x3)
- Dad's car has shiny alloy wheels. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alloy/#x4)
- Alloys can be harder than pure metals. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alloy/#x5)
- The Bronze Age began when people learned to make a new alloy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alloy/#x6)

### note

Countable: an alloy, alloys. Uses «an» because it starts with a vowel sound. Science: an alloy is a mixture, not a new compound.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «alloy» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alloy/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.